Child&#39;s crib or bassinet



March 1, 1932. w, BEAMAN 1,847,916

CHILDS CRIB OR BASSINET Filed July 26, 1928 flush???- Zi/fer [560mm Patented Mar. 1, 1932 I UNITED STATES WALTER L. IBEAMAN, or GARDNER, massacnosnrrs; Ass renoa ro emu cnre; a;

CRADLE COMPANY, or GARDNER, missnonusnr'rsn:conroaarron or Masses-1;;

CHUSETTS v Application filed July 26,

This invention relates to bassinet. I I

One object of my invention is to improve the supporting structure of such an article, to the end that it may bemore easily guided and moved from place to place. -A further object is to improve the method of assembling and securing the several parts of the. article together, to the end that the crib or bassinet may be more economically constructed and that a wider range of'design may be made available.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be'hereinafter described and'more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

A preferred form of the invention is shown a childscrib or i in thedrawings in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bassinet embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the supporting structure or running gearing therefor;

Fig. 3 is a partial end elevation of the bassinet; and

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View, taken along the line H in Fig. 3. i

Referring to the drawings, I have shownv a crib or bassinet having a body or frame 10, supported on wheels 11 and 1 It has been previously customary to provide such bassinets with four wheels, all mounted Y to rotate about fixed horizontal axes, or with four wheels all of which weremounted on bearings which were swiveled or. movable about separate vertical axes. Where the wheels are all supported on fixed axes, the bassinet will roll in a straight path only, and r in turning a corner or roundinga curve, it has been necessary to partly raise and bodily displace one end of the bassinet laterally.

. In the type of bassinet having four swiveled wheels, it has been found very, difiicult to cause the bassinet to travel in a desired direc5 tion, as the provision of four wheels movable about independent vertical axes causes the bassinet to travel erratically and in entirely unexpected directions.

I have discovered that the disadvantages of these two prior constructions may be encnrnns can; on .BASSIINEYT 192s. SerialNon' 295.591. i

tirely eliminated mounting the wheels at one end of thc bassinet to rotate about a fixed horizontal shaft or axle 13, andfb'yf mounting; thewheels l2 atthe other end, of the bassinet to rotate inbrackets 15, which imam;

areisupportedin bearings 16,.secured to the frame 10. Thebrackets 15 are thereforefree to move about independentlver'tical axes, while the wheels-12 rotate" about independent horizontal axes. i c

If a bassinet thus equipped is propelled with the wheels 11 at the front, it, may be caused to travel inany direction and may be diverted from astraight line by pushing tl e bassinet sidewise without disengaging any of thebassinet wheels from the floor. A vehicle thus supported istherefore more easily moved from'place to place.

In constructing the frame or body of a bassinet it has been the previous practice to provide panels in the sides or ends, which panels have been framed or mortised into the upper and lower rails, a somewhat expensive construction and one whichdoes not adapt itself readily to variations in design.

In my improved bassinet, I have provided the usual slats 20, framed into'the upper and lower rails 21 and 21 in spaced relation, and I have provided'an additional member 22 which may be a panel of anornamental outline and which is secured to the side or end of the bassinet by fastening said member directly to the outer faces of the slats 20. The member 22 may be thus secured by nails or screws 23, or may be glued or cemented to the slats 20, and'for greater security both of these methods of attachment may be used.

As the member or panel 22 issecured to the slats 20 after the slats and frame members are assembled, and as-themember 22 is not mortised or otherwise inserted in the frame,

into the upper and lower rails and were consequently not capable of any very wide variation in design.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forthin the claim, but what I claim is A crib or bassinet comprising a body having a plurality oi vertically disposed slats t forming an enclosure, horizontal bars morticed to receive the upper and lower ends of said slats, a panel secured to andsupport'edentirely by said slats, and effective as a bracing and rigidifying element, saidpanel directly engaging the outer faces of said slats and abutting the under side of the upper cross bar, and said panel being provided withfastening devices by which the panel is per' manently and securely attached to the slats and in direct contact therewith.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af fixed my'signature.

" WALTER L. 

